Match receptacle



Nov. 26, 1940. L. L. CLARK I 2,222,808

MATCH RECEPTAQLE Filed May 2, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet l LyleLl l v I I, f

Nov. 26, 1940. L; L A K 2,222,808

MATCH RECEPTACLE I Filed May 2, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 JZaZzz 1702 Patented Nov. 26, 1940 PATENT OFFICE MATCH REGEPT'ACLE.

Lyle L. Clark], Junction City, Wash. Application May 2, 1939, Serial No. 271,376

2 Claims.

This invention relates generally to the class of receptacles and packages and pertains particularly to improvements in receptacles for matches.

The present invention has for its primary object to provide an improved match receptacle or box of the type commonly employed, wherein there is an outer casing and a slidable inner tray or receptacle, in which. a novel arrangement is provided whereby a portion of the side of the outer casing may be opened up, together with a side of the sliding container or tray so that the receptacle may be hung up and the matches removed as required without necessitating the manipulation of the sliding container or tray.

7 Another object of the invention is to provide a match receptacle consisting of an outer casing open at two opposite ends and a sliding tray or container, in which a portion of a side wall of the outer casing, together with a portion of a side of the tray, is perforated so that the receptacle may be used in the usual manner by sliding the tray back and forth in the outer casing for opening or closing the tray or the perforated sides of the casing and tray may be broken out 25 and employed for the suspension of the receptacle with the matches exposed or uncovered so that they may be removed as required without necessitating the shifting of the tray in the case.

Another object of the invention is to provide in a receptacle of the above described character, a means whereby, when the broken out sides of the casing and tray are employed for suspending the receptacle, the longitudinal movement or shifting of the tray in the casing will be prevented thereby avoiding tbe possibility of the casing and tray becoming separated and spilling the contents.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not to be confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings but may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in perspective of the match receptacle embodying the present invention, showing the same closed.

Figure 2 is a view illustrating how the casing wall flap is removed.

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7 Figure 3 is a view illustrating the receptacle with both flaps in open position.

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view of the receptacle opened, as shown in Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a perspective view similar to Figure 3 but showing the .flap of the slide removed to illustrate the use of the outer flap for advertising purposes. 7

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, Figure 1 illustrates the match receptacle constructed in accordance with the present invention as it appears externally or as it would be handled in trade. In this view of the receptacle and in subsequent views, the numeral I generally designates the elongated outer portion or casing having the top, bottom and side walls2, 3 and 4 respectively, the ends of this casing being open in the usual manner in receptacles of this character. The casing I is of rectangular cross section and slidably disposed within it is a tray 5 which has the usual bottom wall 6, side walls 1 and end walls 8. This is the usual construction for match receptacles and the matches when placed therein are laid on their sides to extend across the tray 5, as indicated at 9, and in the merchandising of the type of match for which the present receptacle is designed, that is, those matches which may be struck upon any surface as distinguished from those known as safety matches, there is ordinarily provided a removable card or panel In which extends lengthwise of the open top of the tray 5 over the body of matches disposed therein.

In carrying out the present invention, one side wall of the tray 5 is perforated along two parallel lines, as indicated at H, so as to provide a relatively wide portion l2 which may be torn out to form a free flap. The top wall 2 of the casing, adjacent the flap I2 is also provided with the spaced transverse perforations l 3, the width of the portion of the top wall between the lines of perforations 13 being the same as that between the lines of perforations l I. These lines of perforations [3 in the casing top wall are extended partway across the side wall 4 which overlies the open side of the sliding tray 5, as indicated at M, and the lines M are connected by the longitudinally extending line of perforations 15 which, intermediate its ends, is ofi'set, as indicated at l6. Thus, it will be seen that by breaking the top and side walls along perforated lines l3, l4, l5 and I6, there may be removed a flap, which is indicated as a whole by the numeral l1 and which has at the central part of its free transverse edge an ear 18 which is 55 provided at its center with an aperture [9 which facilitates hanging the receptacle upon a suitable hook.

It is preferred that there be applied to the inner side of the ear portion l8, a suitable reinforcement 20 which will prevent the material of the ear being torn when the receptacle is suspended thereby.

From the foregoing it will be readily apparent that a match receptacle constructed in accordance with the present invention may be used in either of two ways, that is, it may be used in the present manner of shifting the tray 5 longitudinally in the casing to uncover the tray when matches are to be removed therefrom, or the flaps l2 and I! may be obtained by tearing the material of the casing and tray along the perforated lines so that the matches in the tray will be uncovered and the receptacle may be hung up to support the matches in vertical position so that they may be conveniently individually removed. It will be also readily apparent that when the tray flap I2 is bent to vertical position before the face of the suspension flap H it will operate as a means for preventing the shifting of the tray so that there will be no danger of the matches being spilled. However, if it is desired to do so, the tray flap l2 may be torn off completely along the edge of the bottom 6 of the tray so as to thus expose the entire inner face of the suspension flap which may have advertising or other matter printed thereon.

Figure 3 shows how the flaps may be positioned when the tray flap is retained attached to the bottom of the tray, while Figure 5 illustrates how the receptacle would appear with the tray flap removed so that the inner face of the suspension flap might be used as an advertising surface.

The front wall .of the casing is provided below the area from which the tab or ear portion [8 is broken, with a strip of abrasive such as sand or the like, as indicated at 2|, upon which the matches may be struck. In locating this sand strip in the position shown, it is convenient for use either while the receptacle is suspended by the flap H or when the receptacle is opened by the method of sliding the tray 5 so as to expose the matches for removal.

I claim:

1. In a match receptacle having a casing open at opposite ends. and a match carrying tray slidable within the casing: for projection through said ends, said tray and casing having adjacent side wall portions perforated to facilitate the formation from said walls of a pair of side by side flaps, one of which flaps being provided with a perforated ear whereby it may be employed as a suspension means for the receptacle, the width between the perforations of the said tray side wall portion being not greater than the width between the perforations of the said casing side wall portion and the flap of the tray being arranged to be extended through the opening made in the casing side wall by the formation of the flap therefrom.

2. A match receptacle of the character described comprising a casing, a tray within the casing, said casing having-perforated tear lines formed transversely of a side wall and extending partway across a wall adjacent to the side wall and connected'by a perforated tear line extending longitudinally of the last wall, the portion of said casing walls forming, when said walls are broken along said tear lines, a flap which is permanently attached along one edge to a wall of the casing, said tray having a wall adjacent the said flap provided with transversely extending perforated tear lines facilitating the removal of the portion of the tray side wall lying therebetween, said flap having an ear at the central part of the free transverse edge thereof which is apertured for "attachment to a support.

LYLE L. CLARK. 

